Tag: Lance Armstrong
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Lance Armstrong formally banned from U.S. Masters Swimming events
Read for instance SwimmingWorld A few hours after FINA, the global organization that oversees aquatic sports, sent a letter to U.S. Masters Swimming recommending that Lance Armstrong be denied permission to swim in a Masters meet this weekend, USMS has banned the former cyclist from any future Masters swim meets. So that would be the…
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Lance Armstrong withdraws from Masters Swimming event
Read CBS 11 via SwimmingWorld U.S. Masters Swimming Executive Director Rob Butcher says Armstrong has decided not to try to swim in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas this weekend after swimming’s international governing body raised objections. Armstrong had been entered in three distance events. But Switzerland-based FINA sent…
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FINA requests USMS not to let Lance Armstrong compete in a Masters Swimming event
See this statement from FINA: “Following reports on the media referring the participation of Mr. Lance Armstrong in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships in Texas (USA), FINA would like to clarify that: This national competition is under the jurisdiction of the US Masters Swimming; FINA Rule DC 15.1 states: “Subject to the right to…
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Lance Armstrong to race again, now as masters swimmer
Read the Austin American-Statesman Armstrong, who was stripped of his biggest cycling achievements last year because of doping charges, will compete at the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships this weekend. The meet is hosted by Longhorn Aquatics at the Jamail Texas Swim Center. U.S. Masters Swimming isn’t under the drug testing umbrella of the…
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Jay Platt being interviewed by Fox about Lance Armstrong
Spot on, Mr. Platt. http://youtu.be/_q38njdZPwE
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Armstrong goes back to his triathlon roots, bests all but one
“I was very surprised, to say the least,” Lance Armstrong said after his incredible runner-up finish at today’s Ironman 70.3 Panama. “It was a completely new experience for me. I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know strategically how these races go down, so I tried to feel my way out on the bike…
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Lance Armstrong 5:08.11 in the 500 yard freestyle yesterday
Longhorn Aquatics was hosting its New Year’s Classic, and Lance Armstrong decided to drop by. The seven-time Tour de France champ finished 7th in his heat and 21st overall, clocking a time of 5:08.11, in what he on Twitter said was his first race in 25 years. Read and watch YNN. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/lancearmstrong/status/160842882511667200″] [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/lancearmstrong/status/161110102735196161″]